Carrier.



J. NILSON.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAR.21,1914.

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JACOB NILSON, OF CLEARBBOQK, MINNESOTA.

CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application filed March 21, 1914. Serial No. 826,222.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB NILsoN, a citizenof the United States, and a resident of Clearbrook, in the county ofClearwater and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to carriers, and moreparticularly to a carrier especially adapted for use in handling sawedand split stove wood in order to obviate the necessity of carrying suchwood in the arms, and thus filling the clothes with dirt and splinters.

In carrying out my invention I preferably employ the structure shown inthe accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating my invention, andFig. 2 is an end view with one of the carrier frames removed.

Referring now to these figures, my invention preferably includes a pairof similarly shaped wire frames A and A, the lower portions of whichframes are bent substantially in straight lines as at a to provide asuitable base for the carrier, and the sides of these frames being bentto upstand at the outer ends of the lower straight portions 0,, andhaving their upper extremities curved inwardly into contacting relationas best shown in Fig. 1.

Each of the frames mentioned consists of a single piece of wire bentinto U-shape, the integral cross bars a of these U-shaped frames beingarranged at the upper ends of the carrier sides so that by contacting asabove described, they form a handle.

The ends of the wire extensions of each of the frames, at the innerextremities of the lower straight portions a, are bent to looselyencircle the end portions of a substantially transverse pivot bar B, theextremities of which pivot bar are headed to prevent accidentaldisplacement of the frame extensions.

Loosely engaging the pivot bar is a small handle C also consisting of aU-shaped wire, the extensions of which are bent around the pivot barupon the inner sides of the frame extensions. In this manner the bentinner portions or, of the side frames, as shown in Fig. 1, and confinedbetween the upstanding side portions of these frames. The frames areprevented from spreading by the operator who grasps the cross bars aforming a handle, and when it is desired to discharge I the wood fromthe carrier, the latter is reversed and the handle C is grasped, thuspermitting the outer ends of the carrier frames to move apart for thispurpose.

By the use of a carrier such as proposed by my invention, and which willbe seen to be simple, and effective for this purpose, all danger fromsplinters is eliminated inasmuch as the wood, after disposition withinthe carrier, need not be handled again.

I claim:

1. A carrier comprising a pair of side frames, the lower portions ofwhich extend in substantially straight lines to form the base of thecarrier, and the upper portions of the sides of which are curvedinwardly and contact at their extremities to form a handle, a transversepivot bar having headed ends and around which the inner extremities ofthe lower straight frame portions are loosely bent to form. a fulcrumupon which the frames are movable toward and away from one another, anda discharge handle, the extensions of which are bent around the pivotbar at the inner sides of the bent extremities of the frames in order toconfine the latter against lateral displacement, each of the said framesconsisting of a single piece of wire of U-form with its cross bar at theupper end of the carrier.

2. A carrier comprising a pair of side frames, each consisting of asingle piece of wire of substantially U-form, a transverse pivot bararound which the lower extensions of the frames are bent, and a U-shapedhandle the extensions of which are also bent around the pivot bar,whereby the carrier bar whereby the carrier may be held in inmay besupported in inverted position to disverted position to discharge thecontents of 10 chargli its load. 7 f d the carrier, all for the purposedescribed.

3. carrier comprising a pair 0 si e frames, the upper ends of which aremovable V JACOB S toward and away from one another, 21' pivot Witnessesi t bar connecting the lower ends of the side HAR I A. ANDERSON, frames,and a handle errgzvgiiig the pivot ALBERT ANDERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five ce nts each, byaddressing the Commissioner of (Patents.

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